Chirketi-Hairiéi-Hamidie, S.A. Ottomane Privilégiée de Navigation a Vapeur, one share of LT5, 1906, no.4530, large format ornate border, green with pink underprint, text in Arabic and French, with coupons; together with a provisional certificate for 5 shares, also 1906, different design, the last with bottom right corner torn away otherwise very fine. (2) £60-80
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Droguerie Centrale D'Orient, certificate for 5 founders shares, Constantinople 1925, no.1856-60, large format piece with ornate borders, poppies at left and right, green and black, text in French and Arabic, with coupons, good very fine. £60-80
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Ottoman Company Ltd., a group of 12 certificates for one share of £20, London 1865, lovely vignette of camel and rider with goods standing by palm tree, black, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., very fine to extremely fine. (12) £150-200
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Société Immobilière Ottomane de Constantinople, 5 lira founder share, Constantinople 1914, no.15607, lovely vignette of the Bosporus Strait with boats and cityscapes either side, column style border, navy blue and yellow, with coupons, almost extremely fine. £150-200
Palestine |
Anglo-Palestine Co. Ltd., £1 shares, 19[13], no.1784, scrollwork at left, black, red paper seal, together 2 Government of Palestine bonds for LP10, 1946, red-brown and yellow, with coupons, the first cut cancelled through seal and signatures, and a little discoloured to the right, very fine. (3) £60-80
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Anglo-Palestine Co. Ltd., bearer warrant for [5] ordinary shares of £1, 19[28], no.6823, black, text in English and Hebrew, red paper seal, with coupons, together with a Government of Palestine, £10 bond, 4th issue, Jerusalem 1946, red-brown, yellow underprint, with coupons, very fine and extremely fine. (2) £80-100
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Bank Le Credit Gomleen Cooperative Society Ltd., certificate for one share of 5 Palestine pounds, 193[3], no.1212, ornate border, text in English and Hebrew, brown, extremely fine. £60-80
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'Hermon', Soc. Industrielle et Agricole en Palestine, 100 franc share, Paris 1906, no.0704, attractive piece with ox and plough in centre, females either side carrying fruit and wine jug, brown and yellow, with coupons, good very fine and scarce. £80-100
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Jewish Colonial Trust, certificate for £1 ordinary shares, [1922], no.101307, ornate border, vignettes in each corner depicting worshipers, workers at dock, factory workers and farming scene, underprint of map of Palestine, red paper seal at bottom left, blue, black and brown, stamp cancelled, a little brittle, extremely fine. £60-80
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Zerubabel Bank, Cooperative Society Ltd., debenture for 5 Palestine pounds, 1932, no.7275, ornate border, red paper seal bottom right, black and green, text in English and Hebrew, extremely fine. £60-80
Syria |
Société Foncière de Syrie, 3000 franc share, not dated but circa 1952, no.055064, very attractive piece, vignettes within border of various town scenes, architectural details and vines, green and black, embossed stamp to left side, with coupons, extremely fine. £200-250
ASIAChinaCollections and Lots |
A small group of Chinese bonds, comprising 1912 Gold Loan, £100; 1913 lung Tsing U Hai Railway, £20 (2 examples); Lung Tsing U Hai Railway, 1915, 500 francs; 1922 Railway Equipment Loan, £20 (2 examples), and 1936 Shanghai Hangchow Ningpo Railway, £50, generally very fine. (7) £150-200
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A group of Chinese certificates (7), comprising 4 1/2 % Gold Loan of 1898, £25, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, red; 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Supplementary Loan, bond for £100, 1911, English, green; 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911, £100, German issue, red; 1912, Gold Loan, £20; 1922 Railway Equipment Loan; 1912 Public Loan, 10 yuan and Banque Industrielle de Chine, 500 francs, 1919, generally very fine. (7) £150-200
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A small collection of Chinese bonds (9), comprising Shanghai-Nanking Railway, £100, 1907; Hukuang Railways, £100, German issue; 1912 Gold Loan, £100; 1914 Industrial Loan, 500 francs; 1922 Railway Equipment Loan; 1923, Lung Tsing U hai Railway, 1000 gulden, and others (3), mixed condition, generally fine to very fine. (9) £180-220
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A small collection of Chinese bonds, comprising 1898, £25 and £100, German issue; 1907 Canton Kowloon, £100; Hukuang, £20, French (2 examples); 1912 5% Gold Loan, £20 and £100, and other minor pieces (5), mixed condition but generally fine to very fine. (12) £200-300
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A collection of Chinese Government bonds, comprising 1898, £50, German, £100 English; Shanghai-Nanking Railway, 1903, £100, with net profit sub-certificate series D; 1903 'Emprunt Chinois', 500 francs, dated 1905; 1908 Gold Loan, £20, French; Tientsin Pukow Railway, 1908, German, £100 and 1910, German, £20 and £100, also 1938, £12 bond; Hukuang £20, French, £100 English; 1912 Gold Loan, £20 and £100; 1914, Industrial loan; Lung Tsing U Hai Railway, 1913, £20, 1920, 500 francs, 1921, 500 francs, 1923, 500 francs, 1925, 500 francs, and Dutch loans, 1920 and 1923, each for 1000 florins; 1919 'Vickers' £100; 1922 Railway Equipment Loan, £20; 1925 'Skoda', £5 and £100; 1936 Shanghai Hangchow Ningpo, £50, together with Russian 1902 Boxer indemnity loan, 2000 marks, Banque Industrielle de Chine, 1919, and others (3), generally very fine. (32) £400-600
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A group of Chinese and other bonds (16), comprising Canton Kowloon, 1907, £100; Hukuang Railway, 1911, £100, HSBC; 1908 Tientsin Pukow Railway, £100, English; 1910 Tientsin Pukow Railway, £10, English; 1898, Gold Loan, £100, HSBC and £100 DAB; 1912 5% Gold 'Crisp' loan, £100; 1919 Vickers Loan, £100; Shanghai Nanking Railway, 1907, £100; 1925 Boxer Loan, $50; Lung Tsing U Hai Railway, 1913, £20, and other non Chinese (5) including Russia, Consolidated Railroad loan, series 1, 3125 roubles, mostly very fine and better. (16) £500-600
Government Bonds |
1895 4% Gold Loan, bond for 500 francs, no.396742, issued in St.Petersburg, ornate border, brown, black and yellow, red 'chop', no coupons, 5 large cancellation holes as normal, centre creasing and slightly uneven left hand border otherwise good fine. £250-300
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1895 4% Gold Loan, bond for 500 francs, no.038377, issued in St.Petersburg, ornate border, brown, black and yellow, red 'chop', no coupons remain, 5 large cancellation holes as normal, small ink stains, good fine. £250-300
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1898 4 1/2% Gold Loan, £25 bond, no.001051, issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, red and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, small piece missing right border and top edge otherwise very fine. £15-200
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, £25 bond, no.000508, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, red and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, couple of small nicks at left edge otherwise good very fine and much better condition than usual. £200-300
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, £50 bond, no.000919, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, orange and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, couple of repaired tears at left edge but generally in better than average condition, very fine. £200-300
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, £50 bond, no.000918, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, orange and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, couple of repaired tears at left edge, very fine and better than average for this issue. £200-300
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1898 4 1/2% Gold Loan, a group of 26 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, brown and black, red 'chop' bottom centre, with coupons, mixed condition but many are fine to very fine. (26) £600-800
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, bond for £500, no.001277, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, ornate border, purple and black, red chop in centre, with coupons, some edge tears to left side, body and colour still strong, about very fine. £400-500
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, unissued £25 bond from the reserve stock, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, large format, ornate border, red and black, not numbered, no red chop in centre, with all coupons, extremely fine and scarce. £300-400
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1898 4 1/2% Gold Loan, a group of 10 bonds for £25, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate border, red and black, red 'chop' bottom centre, with coupons, a generally better than average lot with many very fine. (10) £200-300
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1898, 4 1/2% Gold Loan, unissued £50 bond from the reserve stock, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank issue, large format, ornate border, orange and black, not numbered, no red chop in centre, with all coupons, extremely fine and scarce. £300-400
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1898 4 1/2% Gold Loan, bond for £50, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank; together with 1925 'Skoda' Loan, bonds for £10, £50 and £100, all with coupons, the first fine to very fine, the others all with condition problems, fine and better. (4) £100-120
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1898 4 1/2% Gold Loan, a group of 100 bonds for £50, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, ornate borders, orange and black, red 'chop' in centre, with coupons, mixed condition but a better than average lot, fine to very fine. (100) £1,000-1,200
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1899, Chinese Imperial Railway 5% Gold Loan, bond for £100, no.07204, large format with ornate border, text all in English, red chop in centre, brown with pale blue underprint, with coupons, light creasing, very fine. £120-150
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1902 4% Russian State Loan, Chinese Boxer Indemnity, a small group of bonds for 500 roubles (5), 1000 roubles (3), 2000 roubles (4), 5000 roubles (1), all with ornate border, multicoloured with Russian eagle top left and Chinese dragons top right, most with coupons/talon, fine to very fine. (13) £120-150
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Shanghai-Nanking Railway, 5% Gold Loan, a group of 27 bonds of £100, first issue dated 1904, large format, ornate border, red and black, two 'chops' at bottom, with coupons, a few with tears at edges but many are very fine and better. (27) £500-600
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Shanghai-Nanking Railway 1904, set of 5 net profit sub-certificates, printed signature of William Keswick, director of the British and Chinese Corporation Ltd., black and white with dividend payment stamps on reverse, generally very fine. (5) £60-80
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"Emprunt Chinois" 5% Gold Loan 1905, unissued bond for 500 francs, large format piece with ornate borders, dragons at top, green and black, beige underprint, with full coupon sheet, centre fold otherwise extremely fine. £400-500
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Chinese Imperial Government, Honan Railway 5% Gold Loan, bond for £100, second issue, 1906, no.7409, large format, ornate border, green and black with yellow underprint, coupons glued at right edge, shadow of red 'chop' at top right, small tear bottom left corner, very fine. £150-180
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1907 Canton-Kowloon Railway 5% Gold Loan, a group of 5 bonds for £100, large format with ornate border, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, generally very fine. (5) £300-400
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1907 Canton-Kowloon Railway 5% Gold Loan, a group of 16 bonds for £100, large format pieces with ornate borders, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition but mainly fine and very fine. (16) £700-900
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Chinese Imperial Government 5% Gold Loan of 1908, bond for £20, 1909, no.B096529, vignette under title of the Imperial Palace at Peking, countersigned by La Banque de L'Indo-Chine, text in English and French, green and black, without coupons, rough edges where coupons removed, otherwise extremely fine. £60-80
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 14 bonds of £20, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, steam train at top, green on black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, mixed condition but mostly fine to very fine, some better and one of the scarcer issues of this loan. (14) £400-500
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Loan, a group of 7 bonds for £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, a good quality lot, good very fine and better. (7) £300-400
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 15 bonds of £100, issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with coupons, mixed condition, mostly fine to very fine. (15) £500-600
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 16 bonds of £20, issued by the Banque de L'Indo-Chine, large format, steam train at top, green and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, mixed condition, mainly fine to very fine. (16) £300-400
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 16 bonds of £100, issued by the Banque de L'Indo-Chine, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, mixed condition, fine to very fine. (16) £500-600
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1911 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan, a group of 16 bonds of £100, issued by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, large format, steam train at top, red and black, printed by Waterlow & Sons, all with coupons, mixed condition, fine to very fine. (16) £500-600
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1912 5% Gold 'Crisp' Loan, bonds for £20 and £100, large format with ornate borders, blue & black with yellow underprint and turquoise and black respectively, with coupons, both very fine, the last somewhat better. (2) £80-120
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1912, 5% Gold 'Crisp' Loan, a group of 5 bonds for £100, large format, ornate border, turquoise and black, with coupons, generally very fine. (5) £400-500
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1912 5% Gold 'Crisp' Loan, a group of 12 bonds for £100, large format with ornate borders, turquoise and black, with coupons, mixed condition, generally fine to very fine. (12) £800-1,000
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1912 5% Gold 'Crisp' Loan, bond for £500 no.1456, large format piece with ornate border, brown with pale blue underprint, with coupons, small tear at bottom edge, almost very fine. £500-600
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1912 5% Gold 'Crisp' Loan, bond for £500, no.1538, large format piece with ornate border, brown and black with pale blue underprint, with coupons, tear at right edge not affecting design otherwise very fine. £500-600
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